For many years, many people must have thought, “What a waste of space” outside of Bally’s, and their extremely long, usually out-of-service escalators/movators. Thankfully it’ll soon be gone. “The Grand Bazaar Shops at Bally’s” has already begun construction, and is hoping to open this fall. Right at Flamingo and Las Vegas Blvd, the outdoor shopping area likely will see some of the highest levels of passing foot-traffic on the strip. The Bazaar shops will have 150 retailers/restaurants.

Many tenants have been annouched, including:

Bahama Mama

Bauer Fashion Eyewear

Beauty Center

Bettie Page

Bleach Bright

BLing

Breathe

Brilliance New York

Copiart

Crazy Legs

Dazzle Berry

Del Sol

Del’s Lemonade

Disney Fine Art

Dog House

Energy Armor

Eric Andrew Collection

Framed Poster Shop

Gelato

Fratiae

Hammit

Honolulu Cooki Company

Hormeta

I-Play

Ice Jewelry

Illy Coffee

Las Vegas Pub Crawl

Light My Fire

LUSH

Mixx

Pizza Cirque

Pro Image Sports

Rant & Rave

Republic of Couture

Rock & Religion

Rock & Republic

Soho Fashions

Sugar Factory

Tix4Tonight

Winky Designs

Wyndham

Zinzi Silver Jewelers

There will also be an ice cream parlor, cupcake shop, meat market, macaroons and spice market, all from Chef Sam Marvin.

Seems the outdoor shopping destinations are becoming popular in Vegas, with The Linq having opened earlier this year as well. Won’t be surprised if we see Bally’s getting an overhaul inside soon, to compete with the newly renovated Quad (formerly IP), the brand new LINQ, and the brand new Cromwell (formally Bill’s)